Data for 2004

Water Stress, 2004

Name: Water Stress, 2004
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Water Stress, 2004 covers 162 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 1,669.36; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 10.72. Against 2003, 143 values changed (95 up, 48 down), 1 country joined.

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Water Stress · Data for 2004

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

1,669.36

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.03

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

162countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
157distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Water Stress, 2004, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Water Stress, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1,669.36
2	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	870.14
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	681.54
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	360.14
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	339.28
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	219.29
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	209.83
8	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	167.64
9	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	143.56
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	125.65
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	122.42
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	115.90
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	112.93
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	107.04
15	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	101.25
16	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	90.88
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	88.64
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	85.19
19	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.70
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	82.25
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	81.29
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	79.88
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.18
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	76.30
25	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.21
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.70
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.97
28	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.76
29	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	50.97
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	50.49
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	50.16
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.35
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.92
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	47.56
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.51
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40.98
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.39
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	38.51
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	37.88
40	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.09
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	36.78
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.83
43	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	32.78
44	United States`USA`Northern America	30.27
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.56
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	29.39
47	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.37
48	France`FRA`Western Europe	28.96
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	28.27
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	28.21
51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.67
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	26.35
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	25.76
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.53
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.77
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	22.97
57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.82
58	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	21.69
59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	20.68
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.18
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.55
62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.48
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.23
64	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	18.76
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.37
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.85
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.75
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.68
69	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.23
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.12
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	14.85
72	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.20
73	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.96
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.84
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.70
76	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	12.65
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.29
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.99
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.25
80	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.24
81	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	11.18
82	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.25
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	10.22
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.16
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.82
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.76
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	9.55
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.21
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.16
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.94
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.77
92	Chile`CHL`South America	8.43
93	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.32
94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	8.30
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.94
96	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	7.81
97	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	7.66
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.50
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.71
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.67
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.66
102	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6.33
103	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.19
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.90
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	5.80
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.38
107	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.12
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.75
109	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.72
110	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.65
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.62
112	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.47
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.32
114	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.28
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.27
116	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.17
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4.15
=118	Niger`NER`Western Africa	4.07
=118	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.07
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.01
121	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.84
122	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.82
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.60
124	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	3.59
125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.47
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.12
127	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.97
128	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.71
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	2.60
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.57
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.52
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.16
133	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.14
134	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.87
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.84
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.57
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.53
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.50
139	Colombia`COL`South America	1.46
=140	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.35
=140	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.35
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.24
143	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.14
144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.06
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.98
=146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.88
=146	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.88
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.83
149	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.81
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.49
151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.48
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.33
=153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.30
=153	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.30
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.26
=156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.22
=156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.22
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.18
159	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.16
160	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.13
161	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.12
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.03

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates1,669.36
2Saudi Arabia870.14
3Libya681.54
4Singapore360.14
5Qatar339.28

Lowest

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 10.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 161 in both
95 · 48rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

United Arab Emirates1,472.05 → 1,669.36+197.31
Qatar304.41 → 339.28+34.87
Oman84.71 → 112.93+28.22
Uzbekistan147.55 → 167.64+20.09
Libya665.01 → 681.54+16.53

Fell most

Kuwait1,037.65 → 0.30−1,037.35
Guatemala37.05 → 5.12−31.93
Israel148.39 → 122.42−25.97
South Africa54.91 → 47.92−6.99
Guyana3.64 → 0.16−3.48

+ Timor-Leste

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2004.
157 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 4.07. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2004). Water Stress, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/water-stress/2004

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